Laverne Young

LaVerne Krueger Young is Heaven-Bound. She passed away peacefully on April 26, 2016 at her home in Kingsville, TX, at the age of 87. LaVerne was born on April 7, 1929, in Ableman (now Rock Springs, WI, the second of five children born to Edward and Minnie (Schimniok) Stackman. Her marriage to Willard Krueger was blessed with two children, Jane (Bob) Elmer of Plain, WI and Michael James Krueger of Kingsville, TX. After Willard's premature death in 1973, LaVerne married William Kenneth Young, and they enjoyed the years together until his death in 2007.
LaVerne was a great life-partner, mother and homemaker. Words that best describe her are vibrant, resilient, generous, and kind-hearted. She made her family's needs her top priority, and she lived in many communities where she connected with her church families, most recently, Trinity Lutheran Church, Kingsville, TX.
She is survived by her children; her grandchildren Holly Lynn (Kent) Purser of Apple Valley, CA, and Chad (Laura) Elmer of Hesperia, CA; her great-granddaughter Morgan Olivia Elmer; two brothers, Edward (Norma) Stackman of Muscoda, WI, and Wayne (Jackie) Stackman of Boise, Idaho; her extended Kentucky family, several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. She is also survived by her little dog Annie who has brought her great joy as her constant companion.
LaVerne was preceded in death by her two husbands, her parents, her mother and father-in law Alice and Lavern Ohland. her brother and sister-in-law Arlin and Romaine Stackman and her sister and brother-in-law Dorothy and Robert Holtz.
In accordance with LaVerne's wishes, a service of remembrance will be held at a later date. Her burial will be in The Greenwood Cemetery, Reedsburg, WI next to Willard. In memory of LaVerne, give someone a smile and do a random act of kindness.
The family thanks LaVerne's extraordinary caregivers Alicia Alvarez, Charlesetta Chinapoo, and Lorraine Greenwood and her special friends Ernesto "Plato" Alvarez, Higinio Sanchez-Vera, Jonell Studnicka, and Vicki Tijerina for filling her final days with peace and love in the place she most wanted to be--home.
The Turcotte-Piper Mortuary, Kingsville, TX is assisting the family.